Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

Author of Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus

About the Author

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Jack is a graduate of St. Olaf College where he majored in Political Science. He did his theological training at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he received a show more Master of Divinity degree. Jack is an activist academic whose life and work are focused on addressing the political, economic, faith, and foreign policy dimensions of hunger and poverty. Jack is the author of thirteen books, some of which have been used by progressive social change movements in this country and throughout the world. His life, work, and writings focus on peace and justice issues, including: hunger and poverty; U.S. foreign policy; economic justice; authentic hope; religion and violence; the nonviolent practices of Jesus; and, many problem associated with U.S. militarism. Present priority concerns include: how and why the United States became a permanent warfare state with few seeming to care; alternatives to violence; climate change and ecological challenges; inequality; and pathways to meaningful social change. Jack is married to Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer and has three daughters (Hannah, Audrey and Naomi). He loves to play racquetball and to garden. show less

Works by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus (2001) 111 copies, 1 review

School of Assassins: Guns, Greed, and Globalization (1997) 88 copies

Is Religion Killing Us?: Violence in the Bible and the Quran (2003) 64 copies

War Against the Poor: Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith (1989) 63 copies, 1 review

Saving Christianity From Empire (2005) 39 copies

The politics of compassion (1986) 25 copies

Worship in the Spirit of Jesus: Theology, Liturgy, and Songs Without Violence (2005) 22 copies

Families Valued: Parenting and Politics for the Good of All Children (1996) 15 copies

Brave New World Order: Must We Pledge Allegiance? (1992) 12 copies

Harvest of Cain (2001) 10 copies

Authentic Hope: It's the End of the World as We Know It but Soft Landings Are Possible (2012) 9 copies

Death and Deceit: The Murder of Raif Bagawi (University Murders) (2020) 1 copy

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Other names: Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack A.
Birthdate: 1951
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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PendleHillLibrary 3,256 reviews

War Against the Poor: Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

The strategy of low-intensity conflict (or LIC) is a little-known yet sophisticated and deadly form of US intervention in the Third World. Drawing on his own experience of living and working in Central America, the author shows how LIC victimizes the poor through elections, economic exploitation, even -- as with the contras -- outright terrorism.

Sep 23, 2022

PendleHillLibrary 3,256 reviews

Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

"Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer joins a distinguished company of writers who, as an act of faithfulness, are attempting to reinvent Christianity. None of them, however, makes a more trenchant case for the ways Christianity has twisted Jesus' God of Compassion into a God of Violence than Nelson-Pallmeyer. Jesus Against Christianity attempts to recover Jesus at the heart of a Christianity transformed." Walter Wink

May 30, 2022